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The Great Warrior of Montauban

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Year
  
1898-1900

Artist
  
Antoine Bourdelle

Type
  
Bronze

Created
  
1898

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Dimensions
  
186.1 cm × 157.5 cm × 61.3 cm ( 73 ⁄4 in × 62 in ×  24 ⁄8 in)

Similar
  
Antoine Bourdelle artwork, Other artwork

The Great Warrior of Montauban is a bronze sculpture by Antoine Bourdelle.

It was commissioned in 1897, by the village of Montauban to commemorate the Franco-Prussian War. It was modeled in 1898 to 1900, and cast in 1956.

It is an edition of ten; number three is at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. It appeared in LIFE magazine.

References

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